{"id":4899,"date":"2015-09-11T05:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/sam-lee-tiny-desk-concert\/4899\/"},"modified":"2015-09-11T05:03:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T13:03:00","slug":"sam-lee-tiny-desk-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/sam-lee-tiny-desk-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Lee: Tiny Desk Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Anastasia Tsioulcas<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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September 11, 2015<\/span> 9:03 AM ET<\/span><\/div>\n
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by Anastasia Tsioulcas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

English vocalist Sam Lee has an amazing backstory<\/a>: He found his way to singing professionally after stints as a wilderness survival expert and a burlesque dancer. But what really<\/em> matters are his mesmerizing performances, as well as his incredible ability to connect with people \u2014 certainly with the audience in front of him, but also with the elders he’s sought out to learn these songs.<\/p>\n

Lee has dedicated himself to preserving<\/a> centuries-old folk songs of the U.K. and Ireland, particularly from “outsider” communities like the Roma (Gypsies) and the Scottish and Irish Travelers. But he and his bandmates \u2014 ukulele player and vocalist Jon Whitten, violinist and vocalist Flora Curzon, and percussionist and vocalist Josh Green \u2014 put these ancient songs in thoroughly 21st-century arrangements that feel creative, fresh and surprising, but also deeply human.<\/p>\n

Above it all, Lee’s voice blazes through with strength, clarity and confidence. This is an artist who has found his destiny as a singer, a folk-song collector and a steward of stories, keeping them alive and relevant for a new generation.<\/p>\n

The Fade In Time<\/em> is available now. (iTunes<\/a>) (Amazon<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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